A few weeks ago, I heard about the book Hate the Game on a podcast. The author, Daryl Fairweather, was highlighting some key points from the book and I was hooked. The book focuses on how economic theories come into play in our daily life. Throughout the book she...
We hear about grit. The need to stick with something through the tough times to reap the benefits. Yet not everything we do will work. How do we know when to persist in the messy middle and when to pivot? I heard a good suggestion from a podcast where Pat Flynn...
We’ve all been there. We start a habit or a project and after a while, we don’t see results. How do we figure out if we should quit and move on or persist for possible impact? If we persist and it fails, there are sunk costs. Yet, we likely learned something. If we...
In a meeting the other day, someone made this comment: “I’m trying to fit into a Haiku” – Guy My first reaction was a laugh. He clearly made the point. He is working to put his content into someone else’s framework. A structure he didn’t design. And I could...
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about the importance of meaning and mattering. How the two have an impact on our overall wellbeing. We want our lives to have meaning. We need to feel what we do matters. They sound similar. But they’re not the same. What Is Meaning?...
Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest. But for many of us, it’s a day of dread. The to-do list feels like it’s growing, not shrinking. The Sunday Scaries show up. The day becomes a catch-all for everything we didn’t finish last week. What if, instead of defaulting...
I first heard about Becoming You through podcasts and was intrigued by Suzy Welch’s focus on helping people discover their “Area of Transcendence.” The book is based on her class at NYU Stern School of Business and explores how values, aptitudes, and economically...
Kendra Adachi was recently on an episode of The Next Big Idea Daily. She provided an overview of her book The Plan: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius. The book is about leading what she calls and integrated life. She comes at planning through the lens of a life that...
“The sun symbolizes our ego and physical identity, while the moon represents our emotional landscape and inner world. When the moon is full, the sun sits directly across from the moon, which is a call for balance in our personal and/or professional lives.” – Love by...
We don’t just read books. We read for reasons. To escape. To grow. To understand. To feel something. Over time, I’ve noticed different reading personas. The reasons behind why we pick up a book. Some of us read to relax, others to level up. Some read to connect,...
Financial books have drawn my attention lately. Specifically, I’ve been looking for simple structures to help people understand and manage money. That search led me to Your Journey to Financial Freedom by Jamila Souffrant. It’s a practical, easy-to-read guide that...
Confidence isn't a fixed trait. It doesn’t live on a 1–10 scale. It moves like the weather. In seasons. I’ve come to see confidence as a cycle, not a straight climb. Confidence begins with a spark. The spark builds as we try, learn, and grow. Then, sometimes quietly,...
A short book with a long tail. That is how I would describe Gretchen Rubin’s latest book, Secrets of Adulthood. The book is a succinct 157 pages full of aphorisms. This was the point of the book. Provide short and memorable insights that we could draw from. My...
Zen isn’t a one-size-fits-all routine. It’s an inner spaciousness. A quiet clarity that looks different for each of us. Some find it in silence. Others in deep focus. Still others in doing less and doing it with intention. In Zen at Work, Les Kaye offers a...
Have you ever felt soul-tired… or spirit-lost? We often use the words soul and spirit interchangeably. Yet, they speak to different parts of us and they ask for different kinds of care. Our soul is our inner self. It holds emotions, memories, and longings. It’s the...
Mel Robbins has recently launched a book called Let Them. While you saw my review in the post yesterday, I wanted to highlight another angle. There was an interview where she stressed the importance of “Let Me”. When you shift to a Let Them mindset, you must embrace...
We’ve heard it before: “Get outside, it’s good for you.”But what if we turned that advice into something uniquely ours?Something enjoyable. Repeatable. Even a little playful.This summer, let’s discover and design our Personal Outdoor Formula. Not because it’s another...
When we work on our personal development, we study ourselves. We learn our strengths. Explore our habits & routines. Design our environments. Understand the culture(s) we live in. Just like an anthropologist studies human beings and their nature, we study...
In 2011, psychologist Martin Seligman introduced the PERMA model. You can hear him describing the concept in this video. PERMA is an acronym for five dimensions of wellbeing that leads to a flourishing life. Below is an overview of each: Positive Emotions: The...
With the membership launching, I’m learning a lot about what MeEO means to others. One question that has come up is “can I be a MeEO if I work within a company?”. The answer is a resounding “YES”! Each and every one of us is a MeEO…or has the potential to bring it out...
The past six months, I’ve been facing the scaries. I didn’t realize I had them. They are worse than fear because they hide. We can face our fears. We can’t face our scaries until we know they exist. I now recognize some of the signs that scaries are lurking. My...